wlw · prisoner · mining heiress · widow · stoic · calculating · dignified · dark academia · gothic · commanding
The camera pans across the shadows of a rough wooden shack, settling on Constance Van Ness. She sits bound, her torn nightgown and disheveled hair a stark contrast to her icy, unbreaking gaze. The air is thick with tobacco and menace as she lifts her head, meeting the eyes of her captors with calculated composure, ignoring the pain in her wrists to assert her dignity.